The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that more than 10,000 people need medical evacuations outside Gaza, according to the website of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus appealed for their sustained medical evacuation and timely passage via all possible routes.
WHO and partners have delivered medical supplies to cover the health needs of some 20,000 patients at Al-Ahli and As-Sahaba hospitals, as well as 19,000 liters of fuel.
Meanwhile, OCHA warned that access constraints and security concerns continue to hinder efforts to scale up food and nutrition assistance in Gaza, affecting hundreds of thousands of people in need.
The inability of humanitarian agencies to consistently and safely transport aid commodities from the Karm Abu Salem crossing, combined with the continued closure of Rafah crossing, has compounded the challenges facing aid operations.
As of Monday, fewer than half of the 86 coordinated humanitarian missions to northern Gaza planned for this month were facilitated by Israeli authorities. More than a quarter were impeded, 12 percent were denied access, and 12 percent were canceled due to logistical, operational or security reasons.
OCHA added that planned humanitarian missions requiring coordination to areas in southern Gaza also continue to face impediments and access denials.
